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- Wed May 29, 2024 3:02 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Firewall Sealant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 174
Re: Firewall Sealant
When I was an Aeronca owner I had an accident report and photo taken of an airplane on-fire with the pilot standing on the landing gear outside the cockpit while reaching inside to manipulate the controls…an attempt toward a landing… which unfortunately did not succeed. This was before personal comp...
- Wed May 29, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Upgrading avionics for instrument rating training in C172
- Replies: 7
- Views: 198
Re: Upgrading avionics for instrument rating training in C172
The new/advanced instrumentation incorporated into panels can create “tunnel vision” for pilots. A regular, full-scan of the instrument panel is paramount, in my opinion. As a simulator instructor pilot in jet sims, I often observed highly experienced pilots completely Miss important clues to their ...
- Wed May 29, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil canning forming in the wing from the sun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 556
Re: Dents forming in the wing from the sun
Do BOTH wings do this…? or only the one? On related matters: Many times owners don’t realize the importance of the Rear Spar in the wing….and how the wing is stressed in=flight. For instance, in a wingtip strike (hangar rash, ground loop, etc) the distance of the wingtip from the fuselage attach poi...
- Tue May 28, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil canning forming in the wing from the sun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 556
Re: Dents forming in the wing from the sun
Don,…. I’m in agreement with a friend whom I respect greatly…. that for the skin to deform as much as that…. the underlying primary structure might be suspect. You might wish to open up panels, remove fairings, (wing root esp)…and with a bright light look for cracks and movement of the spar, the att...
- Tue May 28, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Upgrading avionics for instrument rating training in C172
- Replies: 7
- Views: 198
Re: Upgrading avionics for instrument rating training in C172
What year-model 172?
- Tue May 28, 2024 3:23 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil canning forming in the wing from the sun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 556
Re: Dents forming in the wing from the sun
Don’t blame yourself for Our meanderings… I’ve never witnessed anything like this …and while dark colors certainly absorb heat from sunlight… I’ve never heard of this on any airplane despite being painted dark colors.
- Mon May 27, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil canning forming in the wing from the sun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 556
Re: Dents forming in the wing from the sun
I wasn’t blaming VGs at all… I was considering that SOME leading edges are installed OVER the original leading edge….and that might be identified by virtue of having VGs attached. (This L.E. certainly does not look like the “over-laid” one’s I’ve seen.)
- Mon May 27, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Firewall Sealant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 174
Re: Firewall Sealant
Despite the “correctness” of whichever sealant is used…. I can’t imagine it makes any difference whatsoever if a blazing engine compartment fire develops in-flight. Any in-flight fire …should provoke the thought that “This airplane now belongs to the insurance company…and it’s my job to get it on th...
- Mon May 27, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil canning forming in the wing from the sun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 556
Re: Dents forming in the wing from the sun
By chance has it ever been re-fueled using a gas-can…held by someone who rested their elbow on top of the leading-edge…perhaps causing a dent…which sometimes “flexes” due to temperature changes…?? When refueling it’s important to not use the thin-skins to support hoses or other…. (although I have no...
- Mon May 27, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Turn & Bank Indicator
- Replies: 1
- Views: 104
Re: Turn & Bank Indicator
It is likely* powered by a self-reset circuit breaker mounted beneath/behind the panel…which looks like a small1-inch round black bakelite hockey-puck. It usually also powers the stall warning. Check to see if your stall warning horn/light works…. if so, it’s probably not the C.B. (On the other-hand...
- Mon May 27, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil canning forming in the wing from the sun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 556
Re: Dents forming in the wing from the sun
When was that leading edge w/VG’s installed..? and by whom?
- Sun May 26, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Thoughts on Upcoming Annual
- Replies: 9
- Views: 396
Re: Thoughts on Upcoming Annual
Bob, here are pics of three types of aluminum axles…. several views of them. In the Top pic, you can see the two different styles of hollow on the right…versus the solid axle on the left. The very FIRST type of hollow axle issued (not pictured) had only AN5 bolts on all Four attach points….(all 4 ho...
- Sat May 25, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Thoughts on Upcoming Annual
- Replies: 9
- Views: 396
Re: Thoughts on Upcoming Annual
Hollow $teel axles are certainly stronger than any aluminum axles…including the solid aluminum, so-called “ski” axles (which EveryOne should have at the very minimum. If anyone has hollow Aluminum axles they should replace them with either solid aluminum or hollow $teel.) However, Bob, I would not r...
- Sat May 25, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Memorial Day - the Most Expensive Holiday
- Replies: 5
- Views: 313
Re: Memorial Day - the Most Expensive Holiday
Here’s some Memorial Day visuals… Imagine …you’re a conscripted soldier…told to sit on a wooden box in a throw-away wood-and-fabric glider … guided by a two-week-wonder glider-pilot…. to be towed and abandoned over unknown territory …hopefully to survive a once-in-a-lifetime landing on a non-airport...
- Sat May 25, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Memorial Day - the Most Expensive Holiday
- Replies: 5
- Views: 313
Memorial Day - the Most Expensive Holiday
The real meaning of the Memorial-Day holiday is meant to honor all U.S. soldiers who have Died serving their country…. Who gave up the Most Precious Possession they had. (Veterans Day celebrates those who have Served.) Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day's history goes back to the Civil ...